All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.
If it costs ten years, and ten to recover the general prosperity, the destruction of the South is worth so much.
Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow which we cast
An actually existing fly is more important than a possibly existing angel.
There is a crack in everything God has made
The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor.